World Book Club Episodes Episode guide
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Helen Garner: The Spare Room
Friendship, caring, nursing and anger in a short, fierce novel from Australia
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Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other
A novel that offers an unforgettable insight into life in today鈥檚 multi-cultural Britain
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Deborah Levy - Hot Milk
A hypnotic tale of female sexuality set with the lush backdrop of southern Spain
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Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
The rise and fall of Cromwell, the most powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII
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Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Five young Pakistani men and women try to live and love in a world on fire
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Le茂la Slimani - Lullaby
An acclaimed French thriller which probes at the fault lines of gender, class and race
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Petina Gappah - The Book of Memory
A Zimbabwean woman charged with murdering her adoptive father awaits her execution
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Naomi Alderman - The Power
A speculative fiction imagining women and a new 鈥榩ower鈥� helps them take over the world
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Jenny Erpenbeck - Visitation
The horrors of twentieth century Germany filtered through the beauty of one house
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David Nicholls - Us
David Nicholls talks about his internationally successful novel 'Us'.
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H茅ctor Abad - Oblivion
A tribute to the author's father who was murdered by Columbian paramilitaries in 1987
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Ann Cleeves - Raven Black
Ann Cleeves discusses her novel Raven Black with Harriett Gilbert and the WBC audience
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Chigozie Obioma - The Fishermen
Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma talks about his novel The Fishermen
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Andrea Levy - Small Island
Another chance to hear Andrea Levy talking about her prize-winning novel Small Island.
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Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved
Award-winning writer Siri Hustvedt discusses her novel What I Loved with the WBC audience.
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Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon discusses her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice.
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Tessa Hadley - The Past
British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel.
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Ng农g末 wa Thiong'o - A Grain of Wheat
A special edition from Nairobi University's bustling bookshop, where Ngugi was a director.
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JoJo Moyes - Me Before You
JoJo Moyes discusses her wildly popular novel Me Before You
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Lee Child - Killing Floor
Leading thriller writer Lee Child discusses Killing Floor and its hero Jack Reacher
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Chan Koonchung - The Fat Years
Chan Koonchung joins the World Book Club to discuss his dystopian novel The Fat Years
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Lijia Zhang: Lotus
In Beijing discussing Lotus, about a migrant worker who ends up a prostitute in Shenzen
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Kate Atkinson: Life After Life
Kate Atkinson discusses her celebrated novel Life After Life
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James Ellroy - American Tabloid
American Tabloid exposes the underbelly of a country on the brink of Kennedy's golden age
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Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies
World Book Club discusses Bring Up the Bodies with Man Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel
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Anuradha Roy: An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Indian writer Anuradha Roy discusses her much-loved novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing
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Amy Bloom: Away
Writer Amy Bloom's novel, Away, is a searing tale of migration, exile, and motherhood
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Sarah Waters: Tipping the Velvet
Harriett Gilbert talks to British writer Sarah Waters about her novel, Tipping the Velvet
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Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng discusses her bestsellling novel Everything I Never Told You
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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
